It is such a relief to hit that submit button on the Common App, get a little celebration confetti, and know that you have done all you can up to this point to ensure your application was the best that it can be.

Here are the next steps you should take after submitting to each school.

College application season is officially in full swing. Maybe you have already submitted an application or two. Perhaps you have already even heard back from a rolling-decision school. For any schools you are still planning on applying to, you still have time to edit and adjust your personal statement and especially your supplemental essays. Here are 5 things to avoid when writing them.

Many of you have expressed how important financial aid is for your family, so I want to make you aware of a very important date: October 1. Two very important financial aid forms open on this date, and it is imperative to get them filled out ASAP to meet deadlines and ensure the maximum financial aid benefits for college.

In my last post I gave three concrete steps to take when “eating the elephant” one bite at a time, making the college applications process more manageable. Let’s explore the next three “bites.”

College application season has officially begun.

Knowing where to start can be daunting. So many of my students show up trying to tackle it all at once. But like I always tell them, “How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.”

So here are my suggestions for a few of your first bites: